Heracleia Pontica British Museum 2001.12.1.7740, Bronze, struck at Heracleia pontica, 305–281 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: head of dionysus wearing an ivy wreath. Weight about 4.2 g, diameter 20.0 mm.
| mint | Heracleia pontica | weight | 4.16g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀20.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | ↕ (0) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion's skin
reverse
Head of Dionysus wearing an ivy wreath
specimens (1)
British Museum
4.16g
⌀20.0
Cite this coin
Heracleia Pontica British Museum 2001.12.1.7740 (heracleia_pontica.british.museum.2001.12.1.7740), 305–281 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/heracleia-pontica-british-museum-20011217740/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA